Neptune’s blue color is the
result of the gas “methane”.
Like other planets with gas,
Neptune has a load of rapid
winds and large storms.
Neptune’s winds are the fastest
in the solar system, reaching
2000 km/hr.

Neptune, is also another name

VOYAGER 2

for the sea god in Roman. In

The first space In 1989, the U.S.

Greek, he is called Poseidon. The

planetary spacecraft Voyager 2

symbol for Poseidon/Neptune is

was the first human spacecraft to

a trident or a dolphin and

visit Neptune. We got most of our

sometimes, a horse cause

information of Neptune today

Poseidon/Neptune is also the

was from the Voyager 2. The

god of horses.

spacecraft departed from earth
at August 20, 1977, and came
back at December 31, 1989.

A Trident

The Discovery
DISCOVERED!!
Today, Urbain-Jean-Joseph
LeVerrier, a astronomer, gets most
of the credit for calculating
Neptune’s precise location. But
although LeVerrier certainly did
determine where the planet is, and
should be honored for his work, he
wasn’t the only one searching for
Neptune. At the same time,
LeVerrier published his work,
another astronomer, called John

He had almost got the same
calculations that LeVerrier had. He
hadn’t been able to published his
work quickly. Astronomers and
politicians from England and
France had fought about who
should get the credit. In the end,
they had decided to give the
credit to both of them. UrbainJean-Joseph LeVerrier and John
Couch Adams.

Couch Adams, was also working
hard to find Neptune.

Urbain-JeanJoseph
LeVerrier

John Couch
Adams

Naming Neptune
NEPTUNE’S NAME
After discovery, Neptune was
only called as “the planet
exterior to Uranus” or as “Le
Verrier’s planet”.
The first suggestion of name was
from Johann Galle, who
suggested Janus.
Another suggestion was
Oceanus.
Le Verrier, had the right to name
his discovery, He named it:
Neptune.

Johann Galle

The Parts of Neptune
RINGS AROUND
Neptune has 6 rings circling
around it. These rings are more

13 MOONS

different than the other rings
from the other planets. There

Neptune has 13 moons.

are areas of varying thickness

Triton, Proteus, Larissa,

through the rings.

ICE GIANT
Neptune is 17 times larger
that the earth, but is only
1/19th of Jupiter. Neptune
and Uranus ofter are
considered a gas giant
called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ice Giantsâ&#x20AC;?.

Nereid, Galatea,
Larissa

Laomedeia, Naiad,
Thalassa, Despina,
Psamathe, Sao, Neso and
Halimede. These names are
the names of the old sea
gods before Neptune.
Triton

Glossary
Methane

Calculations
cal-cu-la-tion
A mathematical determination of the size or the
number of something.

meth-ane
A colorless, odorless flammable gas that is the
main basic of natural gas.

Melody Wu
Melody is from Taiwan. She is a SAS student. She is
kind-of good at technology, especially with
computers. She likes to read. She was a library page
in the first trimester. She is in the 5th Grade Orchestra,
she plays cello.